Comments on: Capitals owner Ted Leonsis thinks team’s Stanley Cup window will be open for ’10-15 years’

By: jpelle82

jpelle82 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:03:46 +0000

i didnt know thomas scored goals…

By: bcjim

bcjim — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:12:52 +0000

Meddling owner? Get out of here with your ignorance and make no mistake, you Tim Thomased your way to a cup and that is fine. There are lots of ways to win a cup. That collection of goons and filler you listed above would be nowhere with out Thomas though.

By: hystoracle

hystoracle — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:02:01 +0000

@jpelle82 – I went to my local watering hole and asked the bar keep for an “Ovechkin”. He asked “What’s an Ovechkin?” I replied, ” A white Russian without a cup.”

By: hystoracle

hystoracle — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:59:51 +0000

What happened this year? Swept out of the playoffs by a team they play 6 times a year. OOPs!

Declaring you will win a cup in the next 10-15 years is a pretty long stretch of time.

By: jpelle82

jpelle82 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:03:21 +0000

ovechkin is a one trick pony that has been exposed. he isn’t double teamed, he skates into trouble and is too ignorant to read defenses. the whole shoot through defenders legs trick didnt seem to work too well this year. he didnt seem to adjust either. he acts like he is just too good to get better. if he had spent any of the off season time studying the game he plays or hitting the gym maybe he couldve scored more goals. this is 2 years in a row now we have seen a decline in the ovechkin scoring. crosby went out and said “i’m going to work on my shot all off season so i can score more goals” and came back and scored the most goals the next season (09-10). he played 30+ games less than ovechkin this past year and scored the same number of goals. you wonder how crosby gets open and ovechkin doesnt? crosby is a scholar of the game and works hard. ovechkin works hard on his clothing line and gold chain collection while he plays xbox all off season.

By: mpops86

mpops86 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:02:10 +0000

Youth is no excuse for choking. Most of Boston’s top players are “young” by Ted’s definition: Bergeron, Krejci, Horton, Lucic, Marchand, Seguin, and McQuaid are all 26 or younger.

Just another excuse from a meddling owner.

By: watermelon1

watermelon1 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:17:12 +0000

Agreed that coaches are often the scapegoats… but you have to question why Pittsburgh can get Sidney Crosby wide open around the goal all the time, but Ovechkin is double-teamed almost always and the rest of the Capitals still can’t find an open shot. Either the rest of their players are that dumb, or the coach’s scheme is just not working.

By: watermelon1

watermelon1 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:14:52 +0000

When a team runs through the entire league like the Capitals did 2 seasons ago, you can’t exactly say they got beat by a better team. Bottom line is, Halak was just on fire and the Capitals couldn’t score despite controlling the puck most of the series.

The Capitals window might be open for a while, but they still have to climb through it. Mike Green needs to go, but they waited too long to get as much value as they could have received. At this point, even getting nothing makes them a better team. The defense needs to get better, no matter who the goalie ends up being.

The Penguins were devastated with injuries this season, so I assumed the Capitals really had their chance to run through the playoffs. Obviously it didn’t happen. This upcoming season is going to be really interesting, especially as the start, with all the player movement this offseason.

By: rabidbillsfan

rabidbillsfan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:08:18 +0000

IMO, coaches around the sporting world get the short end of the stick. They are the scapegoats for poor play of the multi-million dollar superstars. It takes time to fully institute “your” system, give these coaches time, ecspecially ones that have had success like the Boudreau. Yea, no stanley cups, but only one team gets it a year, and not only do you need solid coaching but you need some bounces to go your way as well.

By: jmv5010

jmv5010 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:00:50 +0000

Leonsis is always good for excuses. It’s either because the team was too young or ran into a hot goalie that they haven’t gotten where people expect a team that talented should.

How old were the core players on the Pens or Blackhawks when they won their recent cups…?

They will probably make the playoffs for the next 10 straight years, but just simply say your team wasn’t the better team and move on.